adj
sixth
sihksth
adj
1
Coming after the fifth in a sequence; 6th.
"This is her sixth attempt at passing the driving test."
noun
1
One of six equal parts of something.
"He ate a sixth of the cake."
2
In music, the interval spanning five steps up the scale from a given note.
"The melody opens with a leap of a major sixth."
How to Use Sixth
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishOrdinal form of six (6th); also a musical interval or a fraction (1/6).
Common pairings
sixth sense
sixth form
Word Forms
sixthed past tense, sixths plural, sixths singular
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Etymology
From Old English siexta, related to "six."